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… promoting tourism and fisheries in the lake; increasing dry season irrigation in the downstream reaches from the … modern administrators, but can more easily be applied by farming or urban households. The following sections use case … – monsoon flows that are now regulated and released in the dry season when river flows are low – were conducted: the …

… and Burkina Faso on a tributary of the Volta River in dry season – the river is the border Burkina-Ghana ‘Joint … to ensure that water is available in the floodplain for dry season vegetable farming and rice cultivation. An estimated 1,137 people now …

… has strong seasonal variability (e.g. extreme cold or dry seasons) that limit resource access or availability, but … many countries still focus attention on crop farming to the detriment of the health of rangelands. … rangelands, particularly in the seasons that pasture is dry. Water is irregularly distributed over the landscape and …

… large areas, especially in developing countries, for farming, mining, tourism and other uses. Governments welcome … and to restore degraded lands in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas. The Rio+20 paragraphs referred to above … Land Management and Resilience of Arid, Semi-Arid and Dry Sub-Humid Areas (Bonn, April 2013) …

… southeast China.2 On the western side of the line are the dry high plains and mountains. The northwest is a dry and windy area, with large deserts, plateaus, high … resource use and management, including agriculture, farming, and mining. 19 See Articles 1 and 2, Chapter II of …

… hotter and drier periods, especially toward the end of the dry season (May–October). However, the magnitude of this … water storage, which reduces groundwater recharge and dry-season flows, limiting options for coping with drought. … vulnerability. Activities included aquaculture (fish-farming), honey production and agro-ecology (community …

… landscapes. Efficient agriculture techniques, organic farming, and integrated landscape management can … in rice; reversion back to mixed (crop and livestock) farming systems ensuring nutrient recycling on-farm (crops …

… and were free to practice swidden (slash and burn) farming in the forest. People cultivated land in the forest … urban and rural areas in the state, after two consecutive dry years. The state government and the state Water Authority … area is adequate, but water is needed for crops during the dry season. The local government manages the irrigation …

… slopes for 300–450 years. The Chagga are a high intensity farming community, which developed a system of irrigation … of minimum flow requirements, which can be helpful in a dry period when allocations for other uses may take an … not charged for irrigation water or they are subsidized in dry countries, resulting in water scarcities. The cost of …

… of flows on the mainstream with respect to i) natural dry season flows; ii) wet season flows sufficient to enable … would enable subsistence farmers to practice sustainable farming, to provide food, to ensure an income, and to enhance … the landscape traditionally dominated by large pastures, dry meadows, and arable fields. The reed cutting is the most …